Younger Yeah

I’m currently stoked with “Younger” a series I stumbled upon on iflix because I could totally relate to Liza, the main character. The first time I watched it I was like wuut? You’re 40, pretend you’re 26 and hook up with a guy who’s just few years older than your daughter?? But then, as I watched along I totally understood Liza’s plight and I learned she was an exceptional mother who would do anything and everything for her only child. 

Years from now I’d be in my 40s and it’s true, a lot of companies no longer value one's many years of solid work experience as they are more into young and fresh talents nowadays. Today, solid years of work experience in your sleeve may no longer work to your advantage because companies would rather employ kids with less job experience just ‘social media savvy’ ones who are so glutton for job promotion like there’s no tomorrow and wouldn’t stop selling themselves as tactful as they could i.e boast about their ‘not so many’ previous work experience in front of their fellow applicants not taking into account others are just being humble and keep mum about their accomplishments because that’s what mature people do in the first place. Don’t get me wrong, I totally understand that kids nowadays are so ‘in a hurry’ to be like this and that in no time, having no more respect towards their co-workers’ feelings/morale just to to be on top of the game which I don’t think I would ever get used to. I always have this notion that being ‘humble’ will earn you so much pride wherever you go and at the same time build better interpersonal relationship with your colleagues which could last for a lifetime. And yes, I have came across companies who would bombard you with insurmountable questions during job interviews like it’s a crime to have years of solid work experience (as if you never earned it) yet in the long run still end up hiring you because you’re an ‘asset’ to the company however will give you an effin hard time getting in so wtf right? These companies just want to shove it to your face that you’re too old and that they will give you a hard time because your wage offer is their ‘ceiling rate’ lol.

L-R: In character, Charles, Liza & Josh

Anyways, going back to Liza, a woman in her 40s who just recently got into a divorce (but unable to afford a lawyer to push through with it), had a rough time getting employed because of her age and financial difficulty became an impetus for her to pretend she’s 26 to get back to Publishing, the same industry she spent many years with (before she gave up her career to become a full time mother). Liza was hired by a 40 year old lady boss who thinks millennial babies do not have professional work ethic and knows nothing but party hard and spend most of their waking hours engrossed with social media. She was then forced to have her identity changed, recast her entire Facebook and Instagram page like her past life never existed without her ex-husband and daughter who goes to college in India knowing about it. Liza’s ex-husband was so broke to even pay for their college daughter’s tuition fee so she needed to work her ass off to shoulder pretty much everything. Then, Josh came along, a 26 year old tattoo artist from Brooklyn (who happened to live in the same neighborhood as Liza) unexpectedly.

Josh and Liza became romantically involved and it took a long time before Josh finally learned about Liza’s real age and previous life. Liza’s past life is beginning to haunt her one by one, she met an old colleague at work who almost blackmailed her since nobody knew at work about her past, not even her best friend Kelsey. Liza and Josh broke up many times because of their ‘complicated’ relationship status yet kept patching things up. Charles, Liza’s boss, who belongs to the same  age group as Liza (40 or something) and also a divorcee, on the other hand appears to be discreetly attracted to Liza not knowing her real age which I think is mutual anyways except Liza’s with Josh. I know a lot of things will still unfold in the long run and I can’t wait. So far I have finished Season 2 (12 Episodes) and I’m very squeamish to know how Liza’s story will end. 

Update (as of 06.12.17) 
I just watched the entire Season 3 today which consists of 12 episodes and it was far more interesting than Seasons 1 & 2.

Liza, still torn between Charles and Josh whilst the latter now head over heels with her. Kelsey, after the death of her fiancé on Season 2 is dating again and found her love interest through a New York writer she met in a party one time while her Jewish friend who's name I forgot began dating a former elementary school classmate who's now a Doctor. An unexpected character sprout from nowhere as well who knows about Liza's past began to haunt her. Liza's husband is back in the picture and is still trying to elude their divorce while she's already decided to push through with it. Josh by the way is totally smitten with Liza and is all ready to have a kid with her and take their relationship to the next level, Liza on the contrary thought Josh isn't really ready for anything serious yet and is not willing to give up her career because of pregnancy. Fortunately Liza, turned out to be not pregnant though to her relief, Josh was unhappy. Season 3's highlights were when Liza finally confessed to Kelsey about her real age and when Josh broke up with Liza after he saw her kissing Charles at the Hampton's just when he was about to ask her to marry him, he called her a liar and a cheater. Anyways, I read Season 4 will be aired last week of June.  You may check out Season 3 here.

Update as of 07/17/17: Season 4 is now available here (for episodes 1-3).